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Terminologia del corpo ed estensioni metaforiche: swahili e zulu a confronto
Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies, 2020 The aim of this study is to analyse Swahili and Zulu body terminology and conceptualization through the description of linguistic structures, polysemous words and metaphorical extensions.
Rosanna Tramutoli
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The Collective Power of Bacteria as a Blueprint for Emergent Intelligence
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.Small cells, powerful collectives. Bacteria demonstrate how sophisticated behaviors can emerge from many simple individuals working together. We explore the remarkable world of bacterial communities and the mechanisms that underpin their complex emergent behaviors, enabling impressive adaptability, robustness, and responsiveness to changing ...
Johanna A. Blee +2 more
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Metaphors of Diaspora: English Literature at the Turn of the Century
ELOPE, 2008 The purpose of this essay is to make a literary reading of the postcolonial diasporas in Britain, especially in connection with the metaphors used by diasporic writers in the UK in their search for their own identity and belonging.
Fernando Galván
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METAPHOR AS A WAY OF TERMS COINAGE IN MEDICINE [PDF]
Advanced Linguistics, 2020 The article is is focused on metaphorical terms of the medical sphere. The aim of the article is to research the existing theories on the cognitive theory of metaphor and metaphors as ways of term coinage. The following research methods are exploited: continuous sampling method, descriptive method, systematization and classification method, statistical
Usyk, Galyna, Kyrylenko, Tetiana
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Firefighters face an array of stressors due to the demands of their occupation, leading to a high prevalence of mental health challenges. Social prescribing represents a novel approach to healthcare that emphasizes a holistic view of health and wellbeing.
Janice Ikeda +2 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT First Nations female sexual assault survivors in remote Northern Territory (NT) face significant barriers accessing place‐based medical care and forensic evidence collection, subsequently requiring evacuation to specialist services. Using decolonising Participatory Action Research methods, this study identified the workforce, training, and ...
Theresa Clasquin +7 more
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Live, Moribund, and Dead Metaphors
NJES: Nordic Journal of English studies, 2006 The term ‘dead metaphor’ is an established one, and it denotes vocabulary items that have lost their metaphorical character. The question is however what this means more exactly.
Christina Alm-Arvius
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How is a philosophy of photography possible? [PDF]
Filozofija i Društvo, 2015 This paper focuses on the following question: how is philosophy of anything possible? Where lies the boundary of specialisation area beyond which the term “philosophy” loses not only its strength, but also its meaning?
Savchuk Valery
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Consumer Psychology Review, EarlyView.Abstract Past research suggests that people exhibit robust waste aversion. However, many consumers routinely feel that they waste not only goods but also time, money, energy, and emotion and would be hard‐pressed to imagine their lives otherwise. Why does consumer waste persist? In this paper, we first propose a definition for consumer waste.
Marissa A. Sharif, Cait Lamberton
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The metaphorical way of term formation in modern English terminology of biotechnologу
Studia Humanitatis, 2020 The article considers the analysis of the metaphorical way of terminological units’ formation in modern English terminology in the field of biotechnology. The research contains the types of metaphor formation and the analysis of their models.
Syrotina Olena Oleksiyivna
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